I often ponder how much meaning a single moment can have; a related question is whether it matters if this single moment is connected to many years of complementary life experiences. Meditations on the nature of marriage and also identity remain favorite topics of mine. The morally complex Canadian drama Away From Her concerns the evolution of Alzheimer’s in a woman and her husband’s reactions. It is one of the best movies I have seen, ever, though it is hard to say more without spoiling the surprises. It is guaranteed to make you cry, and I’m not referring to the ending. For the wonks it even has some bits on health care policy.
Here is more information. And if you are interested in Alzheimer’s, John Bayley’s Elegy for Iris is one of my favorite books.
couple months can change things a lot, then vast reams of mediocrity.. usually over summers… ponds and streams and glens, changing things all over the sun
Good movie, but far from one of the best ever for me. I found all of the characters annoying above anything else and noticed nothing interesting about the aesthetic. Overall, too American, eh? I did not cry but majority in the theater did, lots.
Overall, too American, eh?
I loved the reading of Michael Ondaatje’s poem Cinnamon Peeler’s Wife along with the soundtrack that included Neil Young’s Harvest Moon and then Helpless sung by KD Lang.
We also did not cry. We were disappointed in the passivity, having cared for my grandmother who had dementia, the journey is filled with extreme emotions, laughter and tears, anger and joy. We felt it was too romanticized.
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